Attorney Jerome Ballarotto to hold book signing to benefit TASK

HAMILTON — When he’s not defending the area’s most notorious criminals, Jerome Ballarotto is a wordsmith.

On Saturday, the attorney who has represented former Hamilton Mayor John Bencivengo and Tony Mack co-defendant Joseph “JoJo” Giorgianni will hold a book signing at Barnes and Noble Hamilton Marketplace from noon to 3 p.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen literacy program.

“I want this benefit to share that thought with people who love writing and with people who yearn for more skills and knowledge,” Ballarotto said. “The Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK ) does a wonderful job of teaching and improving literacy skills with their clients.”

Ballarotto will be signing his award-winning novel “Worthy of Trust and Confidence,” a fictional story about an Italian Secret Service Agent in pursuit of a band of counterfeiters.

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The attorney coincidentally began his career as a Secret Service agent before becoming Chief of Criminal Prosecution at the U.S. Attorney’s Office. For the past 27 years, Ballarotto has been a criminal defense attorney.

“As an author and an attorney, I know that words have power,” he said. “I agree with the author Raymond Chandler when he said, ‘The actual writing is what you live for. The rest is something you have to get through in order to arrive at the point.’”

About the Author

Originally from Webster, N.Y., David has been a reporter in N.J. for the past three years (first in Phillipsburg and now in Trenton).He is a Temple alum who interned at the Philadelphia Daily News. Reach the author at dfoster@trentonian.com
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